Thursday, May 11, 2006

Mmm...Epic Hammer

I picked up an [Earthshaker] in Molten Core today. I was kind of surprised I won it, as I was in the middle of the pack for DKP. I guess the other paladins are waiting for Lawbringer pieces.

I'm pondering respeccing to take advantage of the proc. As it's a stun, I could Judgement of Command for extra damage. However, I'm currently 30/21/0 for Blessing of Sanctuary and raid healing. If I kept Sanctuary (I'm the only paladin in the guild who has it), I could do something like 14/21/16. Or I could forget about Sanctuary and go for a more normal Holy/Retribution build.

(Another option is a Reckoning build, but I really dislike Reckoning.)

As well, I need to enchant it. I'm currently using a 1H and shield (non-epic) inside MC, but I could put +22 Int on the [Earthshaker] and use that as my primary raid weapon. I could also just forget about it in raids and put a combat enchant on it for farming or PvP.

Of course, I actually need gold to do any of this, so its all theoretical at this point. :)

5 comments:

I actually have a holy protection build also (I'm also the only 1 with blessing of sanc in my guild).

I really miss having SoComm. The proc is nice, and the damage from a stun judge is really cool.

However, in situations where I find myself creeping up in the damage meters is not from melee damage, wacking away with a 2 hander. It's in situations where I can AOE consecrate like crazy. All that holy damage on multiple targets really adds up.

Yeah...probably best not to use it in raids. Thought it just seems wrong to use blues when I could be using a purple. :)

Maybe I'll bring it out for trash mobs, and revert to shield/1H for bosses.

Now then, what enchant? I have Crusader on another weapon, and I don't really like it. Not reliable enough for me, and always seemed to proc on the killing blow, which annoyed me. +25agi, +15str, +9dmg?